Just to let you know, don't have a facial less than a couple of days before you have to be "presentable" for a social event, big work thing, etc., unless you know how your face will react to that specific facial, since many facials can leave your skin looking "worse before it gets better". The only pictures of me at one friend's wedding are from behind because every time I saw a camera I spun around - I was invited to have a facial and mani-pedi the day before with some of the bridesmaids. (I was an "honorary bridesmaid".) The bridesmaids were "glowing", I looked like a ripe tomato! I piled on enough makeup for Tammy Faye to have stopped me to say "honey, you gotta lay off that stuff" :-) and still had people asking where I'd gone on vacation to get that sunburn. Same goes for the sugar or salt scrubs they do all over - when not done carefully you'll look and feel like you've got a nasty sunburn. I'm a total massage hound (I used to be a "practice body" at a couple of massage schools) so I'd be going for as many different types of massage I could get for the amount of the gift certificate. LOL I don't really think there is anything to the health aspects touted but reflexology feels divine, especially if your feet are, shall we say, in less than perfect condition. Sounds like you're already doing what the "deluxe European facial" describes - "cleansing, exfoliating, and hydration of the skin" is a fancy way of saying "washing your face with a scrubby stuff and putting on moisturizer"!

Most manufacturers offer their spas without the skirting.You can install either a skirted or unskirted tub in-ground. You can dig a hole and build a box (concrete or cinder block) that the tub will sit in with one side 3' wider for access to the equipment(if your tub is 6'X6' the inside dimension of the box should be 6' X 9'). Build the box so the top of the walls are just below finished grade, depending on your finishing materials. The elevation of the floor should allow the tub to sit on the floor with the lip slightly above the finished height of the walls (not hanging from the walls). Set the tub in place and landscape up to it. Build a removable wooden "deck" over the equipment area. Don't forget to bring power/water to the equipment area. This will only work provided drainage from the bottom of the box is not an issue.I have left the bottom of these boxes gravel.

A Dimension One "Chairman" (http://www.d1spas.com/hottubs/chairman2/spas-reflections-chairman.html) It is 400 Gallons. We have 3 kids, (6, 4, 1) and so many times, we are limited in using the Spa, because we have to get the kids to bed before going outside, but we generally used our space on average 1 every other week (some weeks we used it several times, some weeks not at all). During the summer months, it has probably been used 4 times so far (mostly at pool parties when the adults want to relax). We have had the spa (and our pool) for less then a year.

Thanks tfons1219. I was wondering about the how one is able to comfortably rest against the back. Funny thing is you can't always go by what you see out there because so many things are done "less than ideal" on other peoples pools in my area, it's hard to know what is correct or more desirable. Also, I've mostly seen the brick done back to back. You mentioned you did your overhang at 1 & 1/2 inches. How wide was your stone facing at its thickest? Since ours can extend as much as 2 inches do you think we should go based on the maximum thickeness? Has anyone else use stone facing with a wide thickness variance? What exterior overhang did you go with?